Hassig The Mark of the Beast

The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-66038-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Reihe: Garland Library of Medieval Literature

The medieval bestiary was a contribution to didactic religious literature, addressing concerns central to all walks of Christian and secular life. These essays analyze the bestiary from both literary and art historical perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassig, Debra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
Figures A-k
Part 1.Social Realities
The Lion, Bloodline, and Kinship Margaret Haist
Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-Semitism Mariko Miyzkazi
Part 2. Mortal Lessons
Bestiary Lessons on Pride and Lust Carmen Brown
Sex and the Bestiaries Debbra Hassig
The Phoenix and the Resurrection Valerie Jones
Part 3. Classical Inheritances
Did Imaginary Animals Exist Pamela Gravestock
Classical Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary J. Holli Wheatcroft
Part 4. Reading Beasts
Taboos and the Noly on Bodley 764 Alison Syme
Silences' Beasts Michelle Bolduc
Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts
Contributors
Index of Creatures

Über Autor(innen)

Debra Hassig Ph.D. is a Reader at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh